I am using latest version of Meteor. There are multiple pages in our app. We use Iron router and default template engine.
What is happening when I click on a given icon is the router’s code fires, then there is a 5 second or so delay, and then the template onCreated is fired.
I am attaching a log output from XCode. Line 4 shows that the Router logic is completed. Time stamp is 10:28:02. Then nothing happens for almost 5 seconds. Then I see a bunch of meteor cordova debug loading filepath statements. Template’s onCreated function is called at 10:28:07.565.
This is causing massive issues with user experience. These files are not being downloaded from server side either. (More debug information at the bottom).
2015-06-19 10:28:02.296 MY APP [659:141892] ******************* PRODUCTS OPEN clicked ****************
2015-06-19 10:28:02.297 MY APP [659:141892] ******************* PRODUCTS go to router done ****************
2015-06-19 10:28:02.316 MY APP [659:141892] ######### rendering the template now ******
2015-06-19 10:28:02.389 MY APP [659:141892] ######### PRODUCTS - on onAfterAction ******
2015-06-19 10:28:07.045 MY APP [659:142093] METEOR CORDOVA DEBUG loading filepath: /var/mobile/Containers/Bundle/Application/B8D31CE0-C58C-422E-83D9-C1906A2DE4F4/MY APP .app/www/application/images/products/new-product-title.png for path: %2Fimages%2Fproducts%2Fnew-product-title.png
2015-06-19 10:28:07.066 MY APP [659:142093] METEOR CORDOVA DEBUG loading filepath: /var/mobile/Containers/Bundle/Application/B8D31CE0-C58C-422E-83D9-C1906A2DE4F4/MY APP .app/www/application/images/rewards/star-1-rewards.png for path: %2Fimages%2Frewards%2Fstar-1-rewards.png
2015-06-19 10:28:07.085 MY APP [659:142093] METEOR CORDOVA DEBUG loading filepath: /var/mobile/Containers/Bundle/Application/B8D31CE0-C58C-422E-83D9-C1906A2DE4F4/MY APP .app/www/application/images/fill-lunchbox/go-home-cloud.png for path: %2Fimages%2Ffill-lunchbox%2Fgo-home-cloud.png
2015-06-19 10:28:07.107 MY APP [659:142093] METEOR CORDOVA DEBUG loading filepath: /var/mobile/Containers/Bundle/Application/B8D31CE0-C58C-422E-83D9-C1906A2DE4F4/MY APP .app/www/application/images/fill-lunchbox/explorer/Maderight-logo.png for path: %2Fimages%2Ffill-lunchbox%2Fexplorer%2FMaderight-logo.png
2015-06-19 10:28:07.128 MY APP [659:142093] METEOR CORDOVA DEBUG loading filepath: /var/mobile/Containers/Bundle/Application/B8D31CE0-C58C-422E-83D9-C1906A2DE4F4/MY APP .app/www/application/images/background/share-cloud.png for path: %2Fimages%2Fbackground%2Fshare-cloud.png
2015-06-19 10:28:07.141 MY APP [659:142093] METEOR CORDOVA DEBUG loading filepath: /var/mobile/Containers/Bundle/Application/B8D31CE0-C58C-422E-83D9-C1906A2DE4F4/MY APP .app/www/application/images/background/facebook.png for path: %2Fimages%2Fbackground%2Ffacebook.png
2015-06-19 10:28:07.161 MY APP [659:142093] METEOR CORDOVA DEBUG loading filepath: /var/mobile/Containers/Bundle/Application/B8D31CE0-C58C-422E-83D9-C1906A2DE4F4/MY APP .app/www/application/images/background/twitter.png for path: %2Fimages%2Fbackground%2Ftwitter.png
2015-06-19 10:28:07.178 MY APP [659:142093] METEOR CORDOVA DEBUG loading filepath: /var/mobile/Containers/Bundle/Application/B8D31CE0-C58C-422E-83D9-C1906A2DE4F4/MY APP .app/www/application/images/products/smoothie-drinks-button.png for path: %2Fimages%2Fproducts%2Fsmoothie-drinks-button.png
2015-06-19 10:28:07.210 MY APP [659:142093] METEOR CORDOVA DEBUG loading filepath: /var/mobile/Containers/Bundle/Application/B8D31CE0-C58C-422E-83D9-C1906A2DE4F4/MY APP .app/www/application/images/products/smoothie-red.png for path: %2Fimages%2Fproducts%2Fsmoothie-red.png
2015-06-19 10:28:07.227 MY APP [659:142093] METEOR CORDOVA DEBUG loading filepath: /var/mobile/Containers/Bundle/Application/B8D31CE0-C58C-422E-83D9-C1906A2DE4F4/MY APP .app/www/application/images/products/smoothie-orange.png for path: %2Fimages%2Fproducts%2Fsmoothie-orange.png
2015-06-19 10:28:07.256 MY APP [659:142093] METEOR CORDOVA DEBUG loading filepath: /var/mobile/Containers/Bundle/Application/B8D31CE0-C58C-422E-83D9-C1906A2DE4F4/MY APP .app/www/application/images/products/smoothie-green.png for path: %2Fimages%2Fproducts%2Fsmoothie-green.png
2015-06-19 10:28:07.281 MY APP [659:142093] METEOR CORDOVA DEBUG loading filepath: /var/mobile/Containers/Bundle/Application/B8D31CE0-C58C-422E-83D9-C1906A2DE4F4/MY APP .app/www/application/images/products/aloe-copy-pow.png for path: %2Fimages%2Fproducts%2Faloe-copy-pow.png
2015-06-19 10:28:07.295 MY APP [659:142093] METEOR CORDOVA DEBUG loading filepath: /var/mobile/Containers/Bundle/Application/B8D31CE0-C58C-422E-83D9-C1906A2DE4F4/MY APP .app/www/application/images/products/Blueberry-Aloe.png for path: %2Fimages%2Fproducts%2FBlueberry-Aloe.png
2015-06-19 10:28:07.328 MY APP [659:142093] METEOR CORDOVA DEBUG loading filepath: /var/mobile/Containers/Bundle/Application/B8D31CE0-C58C-422E-83D9-C1906A2DE4F4/MY APP .app/www/application/images/products/lemonade-aloe.png for path: %2Fimages%2Fproducts%2Flemonade-aloe.png
2015-06-19 10:28:07.340 MY APP [659:142093] METEOR CORDOVA DEBUG loading filepath: /var/mobile/Containers/Bundle/Application/B8D31CE0-C58C-422E-83D9-C1906A2DE4F4/MY APP .app/www/application/images/products/overlay/closebutton.png for path: %2Fimages%2Fproducts%2Foverlay%2Fclosebutton.png
2015-06-19 10:28:07.359 MY APP [659:142093] METEOR CORDOVA DEBUG loading filepath: /var/mobile/Containers/Bundle/Application/B8D31CE0-C58C-422E-83D9-C1906A2DE4F4/MY APP .app/www/application/images/products/overlay/smoothiedrink-overlay.png for path: %2Fimages%2Fproducts%2Foverlay%2Fsmoothiedrink-overlay.png
2015-06-19 10:28:07.381 MY APP [659:142093] METEOR CORDOVA DEBUG loading filepath: /var/mobile/Containers/Bundle/Application/B8D31CE0-C58C-422E-83D9-C1906A2DE4F4/MY APP .app/www/application/images/products/tellmemore-button.png for path: %2Fimages%2Fproducts%2Ftellmemore-button.png
2015-06-19 10:28:07.413 MY APP [659:142093] METEOR CORDOVA DEBUG loading filepath: /var/mobile/Containers/Bundle/Application/B8D31CE0-C58C-422E-83D9-C1906A2DE4F4/MY APP .app/www/application/images/products/takemeshopping-button.png for path: %2Fimages%2Fproducts%2Ftakemeshopping-button.png
2015-06-19 10:28:07.565 MY APP [659:141892] ######### PRODUCTS - CREATED
2015-06-19 10:28:07.766 MY APP [659:141892] ######### PRODUCTS - ON RENDERED COMPLETED
My meteor packages:
$ meteor list
appcache 1.0.4 Enable the application cache in the browser
bootstrap 1.0.1 Front-end framework from Twitter
cfs:filesystem 0.1.2 Filesystem storage adapter for CollectionFS
cfs:standard-packages 0.5.9 Filesystem for Meteor, collectionFS
chriswessels:hammer 3.1.1* Bundles Hammer.js and provides Template.templateName.gestures() for easy use of multi…
cordova:cordova-plugin-inappbrowser https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-inappbrowser/tarball/ba7cbe58d5812b51c3ece1e6b44524…
email 1.0.6 Send email messages
fastclick 1.0.3 Faster touch events on mobile
gadicohen:phantomjs 0.0.2 phantomjs installation script; wrapper for node phantomjs package + Sun
ground:db 0.3.9* Ground Meteor.Collections offline
http 1.1.0 Make HTTP calls to remote servers
iron:router 1.0.7* Routing specifically designed for Meteor
jquery 1.11.3_2 Manipulate the DOM using CSS selectors
launch-screen 1.0.2 Default and customizable launch screen on mobile.
less 1.0.14 The dynamic stylesheet language
manuelschoebel:ms-seo 0.4.1 Easily config SEO for your routes
meteor-platform 1.2.2 Include a standard set of Meteor packages in your app
meteorhacks:fast-render 2.5.0 Render your app before the DDP connection even comes alive - magic?
meteorhacks:ssr 2.1.2 Server Side Rendering for Meteor with Blaze
reactive-var 1.0.5 Reactive variable
spiderable 1.0.7 Makes the application crawlable to web spiders
u2622:persistent-session 0.3.2* Persistently store Session data on the client
What I have tried:
- Appcache: our images are 55MB - so it complains a lot
- Fast Render: it doesnt do anything. We put our routes in main.js. I believe it is accessible by both client and server. Further, our problem is not about dynamic data and subscriptions.
- SSR: No joy
- launch-screen: to hold and then display - no joy there either.
This app works fine on web (chrome/FF), iPad 3, android tablets. We see this issue only on iPad 2.